Lorenzo Hoopes
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Lorenzo Hoopes is as of January 2010 the head of the Paramount Theatre Board in Oakland, California
. The Paramount Theatre is a public institution with a board that appoints new members, with the consent of the city council and mayor, but in the past the decisions of the board have always been upheld. Hoopes is also believed to be the person in Oakland who donated the largest amount of money to the Yes on Proposition 8
campaign, which has caused some to seek to oust Hoopes from his unpaid volunteer position with the Paramount Theatre. He has been on the board for the theatre for nearly 30 years.
Hoopes grew up in Brigham City, Utah
and graduated from Box Elder High School
. Hoopes received his bachelors degree from Weber State University
and also studies at the University of Utah
. He has an MBA from Pepperdine University
and did advanced management training at Harvard Business School
.
Hoopes was serving as bishop of the Oakland California Ward that included where the Oakland Temple now is when the ground was broken for the first LDS chapel on that general site in about 1957. He later also served as president of the LDS Church's Oakland California Stake.
Hoopes spent much of his career as an executive for Safeway
. When he retired in 1979 he was the senior vice president at Safeway. He had taken a leave of absence from Safeway back in 1953 to serve as executive assistant to United States Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson
. Hoopes returned to Safeway in 1955.
Hoopes served at various times as chairman of the National Dairy Council and Chairman of the Foundation for American Agriculture.
Hoopes is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Hoopes served as president
of the England
Bristol
Mission
of the LDS Church from 1979-1982. He served as president
of the Oakland Temple from 1985-1990.
Hoopes served for 17 years as a member of the Oakland School board
.
Hoopes' wife, Stella Bobbies Sorenson Hoopes, died on Jan. 14, 1996. Among Hoopes' children is David C. Hoopes
and Janet Hoopes (deceased).
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. The Paramount Theatre is a public institution with a board that appoints new members, with the consent of the city council and mayor, but in the past the decisions of the board have always been upheld. Hoopes is also believed to be the person in Oakland who donated the largest amount of money to the Yes on Proposition 8
California Proposition 8 (2008)
Proposition 8 was a ballot proposition and constitutional amendment passed in the November 2008 state elections...
campaign, which has caused some to seek to oust Hoopes from his unpaid volunteer position with the Paramount Theatre. He has been on the board for the theatre for nearly 30 years.
Hoopes grew up in Brigham City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
and graduated from Box Elder High School
Box Elder High School
Box Elder High School , is a public High School located in Brigham City, Utah . It is part of the Box Elder County School District, and serves approximately 1,400 students in the 10th through 12th grades in Utah's Box Elder County. The school mascot is the Bee...
. Hoopes received his bachelors degree from Weber State University
Weber State University
Weber State University is a public university located in the city of Ogden in Weber County, Utah, USA. It was founded in 1889 and is a coeducational, publicly supported university offering professional, liberal arts and technical certificates, as well as associate, bachelor's and master's degrees...
and also studies at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
. He has an MBA from Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, near Malibu, is the location for Seaver College, the School of...
and did advanced management training at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
.
Hoopes was serving as bishop of the Oakland California Ward that included where the Oakland Temple now is when the ground was broken for the first LDS chapel on that general site in about 1957. He later also served as president of the LDS Church's Oakland California Stake.
Hoopes spent much of his career as an executive for Safeway
Safeway Inc.
Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...
. When he retired in 1979 he was the senior vice president at Safeway. He had taken a leave of absence from Safeway back in 1953 to serve as executive assistant to United States Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson was the thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1985 until his death and was United States Secretary of Agriculture for both terms of the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.-Biography:Born on a farm in Whitney, Idaho, Benson was the oldest of...
. Hoopes returned to Safeway in 1955.
Hoopes served at various times as chairman of the National Dairy Council and Chairman of the Foundation for American Agriculture.
Hoopes is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Hoopes served as president
Mission president
Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . A mission president presides over a mission and the missionaries serving in the mission...
of the England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
Mission
Mission (LDS Church)
A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...
of the LDS Church from 1979-1982. He served as president
Temple President
Temple president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A temple president's primary responsibility is to supervise the affairs of an LDS temple in both an administrative and spiritual capacity....
of the Oakland Temple from 1985-1990.
Hoopes served for 17 years as a member of the Oakland School board
Oakland Unified School District
Oakland Unified School District is a public education school district which operates elementary schools , middle schools , and high schools in Oakland, California.-History:...
.
Hoopes' wife, Stella Bobbies Sorenson Hoopes, died on Jan. 14, 1996. Among Hoopes' children is David C. Hoopes
David C. Hoopes
David C. Hoopes was special assistant to the U.S. President from 1971-1977 and later an investment adviser.Hoopes was born to Lorenzo Hoopes and his wife Stella in Twin Falls, Idaho. As a young man he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Argentina...
and Janet Hoopes (deceased).